[RajT88]

> Does making tools more expensive really benefit anyone other than the companies which own the patents which make them more expensive?

I would pay thousands to avoid losing part of my hand. The increased price is a very good value, tens of dollars.

Look at rearview cameras. Cheap tech. Used to be a 1000+ USD option. Now that they are government mandated the manufacturers figured out how to include them for a couple hundred dollars.

Price goes up, but just a little. Money well spent.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

> I would pay thousands to avoid losing part of my hand.

I cut off the distal segment of my right thumb on a table saw in 1995. The initial bill, before I disputed it and received a "professional courtesy discount", was $25k.

So, you can pay a relatively small price to avoid losing part of your hand, or you can gamble that it will never happen, and then pay a high price for losing part of your hand.

Pretty simple choice to me.

ps.

Doctor: what do want to do with the rest of your life?

Me: well, I'm a programmer right now, but I'd rather be farmer

Doctor: I know a lot of farmers with less digits than you still have, and you'll still be able to hit the space bar as-is.

[atmavatar]

In effect, a SawStop system is like a one-time health insurance payment that prevents you from getting injured in the first place, only without jacking up the price because you used the tool in someone else's garage.

[numbsafari]

Good thing you and the doc weren’t on opposite sides of the tabs v spaces discussion.

Ed: The fact that you can hit the space bar with either hand, whereas the tab would require changing your keyboard layout is not a consideration I had previously considered in this debate.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

You might say that the doc and I were aligned over the tabs vs spaces discussion. That is: tabs to indent, spaces to align.